1. Canada’s Terrestrial Ecozones of Canada

2. What is an Ecozone?
It is an area of land that has specific types of landforms, soil, climate, and animals.
Canada has 15 different Ecozones.

4. 1. Arctic Cordillera
2. Northern Arctic
3. Southern Arctic
4. Atlantic Maritime
5. Boreal Cordillera
6. Boreal Plains
7.Boreal Shield

5. 8. Hudson Plains
9. Prairie
10. Mixedwood Plains
11. Montane Cordillera
12. Pacific Maritime
13. Taiga Cordillera
14. Taiga Plains
15. Taiga Shield

7. Arctic Cordillera Ecozone
Location: Eastern Baffin and Devon Islands and most Ellesmere and Bylot Islands
Physical: only major mountainous environment with ice caps on mountains
Climate: very cold
Animals: variety of birds, walrus, narwhal and beluga whale
Example of National Park: Auyuittuq National Park

10. Northern Arctic Ecozone
Location: most of Nunavut and part of NWT and Northern Quebec
Physical: lowland plains covered with glacial parts
Climate: very dry and cold
Animals: polar bear, caribou, muskox, wold, artic hare
Example of National Park: Aulavik National Park

13. Southern Arctic Ecozone
Location: Area around Hudson’s Bay (Nunavut, Northern Quebec and Labrador
Physical: strong rolling lowland plains
Climate: cold, with long winters, short cool summers
Animals: muskox, grizzly and polar bears, moose
Example of National Park: Ivvavik National Park

16. Atlantic Maritime Ecozone
Location: From St Lawrence River through New Brunswick and into Nova Scotia and PEI
Physical: Appalachian upland and coastal plain
Climate: cool moist
Animals: white tailed deer, moose, raccoon, skunk
Example of National Park: Cape Breton Highlands National Park

19. Boreal Cordillera Ecozone
Location: mid section of Canadian Rockies. Northern BC and Southern Yukon
Physical: mountain ranges
Climate: long cold winters and short warm summers
Animals: black and grizzly bears, mountain goats, lynx
Example of National Park: Kluane National Park

22. Boreal Plains Ecozone Location: NW BC to SE Manitoba
Physical: flat plains
Climate: cold winters and warm summers
Animals: woodland caribou, coyote, chipmunks
Example of National Park: Wood Buffalo National Park

25. Boreal Shield Ecozone
Location: U shaped, N Saskatchewan, E to Newfoundland
Physical: lots of farm land, lakes and rivers
Climate: cold winters and warm summers
Animals: black bear, caribou, raccoon
Example of National Park: Georgian Bay Islands National Park

28. Hudson Plains Ecozone
Location: Northern Ontario and Quebec near Hudson’s Bay
Physical: mainly wetlands
Climate: cold
Animals: moose, caribou, arctic fox
Example of National Park: Wapusk National Park

31. Prairie Ecozone
Location: semi-circular and near Canada and USA border (Alberta-Manitoba)
Physical: flat plains
Climate: cold winters and hot summers
Animals: jack rabbit, elk, coyote
Example of National Park: Elk Island National Park

34. Mixedwood Plains Ecozone
Location: Lower Great Lakes
Physical: agriculture soils and gentle mountain
Climate: warm summers and cool winters
Animals: white tailed deer, black bears, skunks
Example of National Park: Point Pelee National Park

37. Montane Cordillera Ecozone
Location: S BC and SW Alberta
Physical: rugged mountains and interior plains
Climate: long cold winters and short warm summers
Animals: bighorn sheep, badgers, fishers
Example of National Park: Glacier National Park

40. Pacific Maritime Ecozone
Location: the land on the Pacific Coast
Physical: mountains, and glacial boundaries
Climate: very little difference between winter and summer….cool
Animals: white-tailed deer, mountain lions
Example of National Park: Pacific Rim National Park

43. Taiga Cordillera Ecozone
Location: N Rocky Mountain, Yukon and SW NWT
Physical: steep mountains and narrow valleys
Climate: dry and cold
Animals: Dall’s sheep, mountain goats, lynx
Example of National Park: Ivvavik National Park

46. Taiga Plains Ecozone Location: SW NWT and N BC Physical: plains
Climate: cold
Animals: moose, bison, wolf
Example of National Park: Wood Buffalo National Park

49. Taiga Shield Ecozones Location: On both sides of Hudson Bay
Physical: lots of forests and open tundra
Climate: cold
Animals: artic fox, moose, wolf
Example of National Park: none